HOCKEY DISPUTE
INCIDENT AT WHANGAREI O.C. WHANGAREI, Monday. Arising out of a dispute with the umpire, when a Mangapai hockey player was ordered off at Kensington Park on Saturday, the whole team walked off the field with him. Only sixteen minutes remained and Mangapai was leading High School by 4 goals to 2. High School were attacking and the keeper stopped a hot shot with two hands, his stick being carried underneath his arm. One of the officiating umpires, Mr. Thomson, blew for a penalty corner, and then, realising that the keeper had not had his stick in his hands reversed the decision to a penally bully. Mangapai infringed in the bully and the umpire ordered it to be replayed. Price then allegedly abused the umpire, who ordered him off, the whole Mangapai team following.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 161, 10 July 1945, Page 3
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